Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
SIMONE WEILArt is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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The world is God’s language to us.
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The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.
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